1. Draw the mummy casket shape on a piece of lightweight cardboard.
2. Cut the mummy casket base out of the cardboard.
3. Cut the mummy casket lid out of the cardboard.
4. Cut the strips out of the cardboard.
5. Cut out the casket lid strips.
6. Fold the tabs on both strips.

Mummification Step by Step

1. Insert a hook through a hole near the nose and pull out part of the brain.
2. Make a cut on the left side of the body near the tummy.
3. Remove all internal organs.
4. Let the internal organs dry.
5. Place the lungs, intestines, stomach and liver inside canopic jars.
6. Place the heart back inside the body.

1. Step 1: Flatten the Box.
2. Step 2: Trace the Mummy.
3. Step 3: Cut Out the Shape.
4. Step 4: Cut Out the Sides.
5. Step 5: Prepare for Assembly.
6. Step 6: Start Shaping the Sarcophagus.
7. Step 7: Finish the Coffin Shape.
8. Step 8: Decoupage the Coffin and Make a Lid.

STEPS

1. 1Prepare some craft sticks. You will need four craft sticks to make a mummy.
2. 2Create the mummy’s head.
3. 3Make a torso.
4. 4Add arms and legs.
5. Another option you can do for the arms is to cut the craft stick in half.
6. 5Glue a strip of gauze.
7. 6Start wrapping with gauze.
8. 7Slowly work your way down.

How are mummies made? Mummification is the process of preserving the body after death by deliberately drying or embalming flesh. This typically involved removing moisture from a deceased body and using chemicals or natural preservatives, such as resin, to desiccate the flesh and organs.

Make a sarcophagus — a coffin — for a doll-sized mummy for a playtime Halloween scene or to help teach kids about ancient Egyptian burial practices for royalty.

The coffin or sarcophagus can be made out of card stock or construction paper as well — whatever materials are readily available. Coating the finished piece with the paper bag strips turns it into papier mache, making it stronger and giving it a natural beige stone look.

Bend each piece of the cardboard side walls to conform to the mummy cutout shape on the bottom so the fringed short edge bends and conforms to the flat vertical edge at the mummy’s foot area. Tape the fringed tabs to the bottom of the sarcophagus, inside or outside — whichever you prefer.

Deconstruct the shoe box, tearing or slicing apart glued seams to fold the cardboard flat. If the cardboard tears along the seams, it can still be used. Set the mummy, doll or figure along the former bottom panel of the shoe box so the figure’s feet touch the former narrow side flap.